Single mama, you doing out thereFacing the hard life without no fear, yeahJust so you know that you really care'Cause any obstacle come you're well prepared,Oh, noNo, mama, you never shed tear'Cause you have to shed things year after yearAnd you give the youth love beyond compare, yeahYou find his school fee and the bus fare, yeah

Mmm, Marie, the pops' disappearIn the round back can't find him nowhereSteadily you work flow, everything you knowSay you nah stop no time – no time for your jear

Now she got a six-year-oldTrying to keep him warmTrying to keep out the coldWhen he looks in her eyesHe don't know he is safe

When she says, "Ooh, love, no one's ever gonna hurt you, love.I'm gonna give you all of my love.Nobody matters like you."